Grandma Ruth's Christmas Cake Recipe
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Ingredients: 2 pounds seedless raisins
2 pounds seeded raisins
2 pounds currants
1 ½ pounds dates, cut up
½ pound almonds, sliced & skinned
½ pound candied cherries, red & green mixed
½ pound peel
13 eggs
5 cups brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
1 pound butter
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup buttermilk (1 Tbsp vinegar & 1 cup milk)
½ cup corn syrup
1 tsp almond flavouring
6 cups cake flour
1 tsp each cinnamon, mace, nutmeg
1 Tbsp salt
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Directions:Wash & drain raisins & currants 3 times. Place in bowl with dates, almonds, cherries & peel.
In a second large bowl beat eggs 3 at a time. Add sugars & beat in creamed butter. Dissolve soda in buttermilk & corn syrup. Then add to egg mixture & stir. Add ALMOND flavouring. Stir.
Sift flour & remaining dry ingredients (cinnamon, mace, nutmeg, salt) in a third bowl. Mix this mixture with first bowl of fruit. Then mix everything together by dumping floured fruit mix in with egg mixture. Blend well. Pour into prepared pans to bake.
How to Prepare Pans: It is hard for me to say how to bake Christmas Cake. Light coloured pans are best. Mine are 12" long by 6" wide dark antique pans. I cut a brown paper bag to line inside of pans. Then I line that with wax paper. For dark pans, I also tape foil shiny side on the bottom & sides.
My large pan takes about 3 hours to cook. Adjust time for other pan sizes accordingly. Set oven to around 250-275ºF. |
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Notes: This takes all day! This a yummy moist cake if you don't overcook it! It also freezes well if wrapped in an air tight container. It makes a lot of cake so I only make half a recipe now.
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